When he brought the kids to her, she kissed the twins several tis and turned to Huan. "My precious baby, co here."
Huan walked over, and Sumire picked him up before hugging him tightly. "Oh my precious Huan. Mom is sad; hug ."
"Mom, I'm right here." Huan hugged Sumire.
"You're such a good boy. I love you so much."
'She is sad, huh?' Hino catches Sumire looking at him, and she laughs weakly. It seems like when she is around her children, she is more honest. It should bother him, but he understood. These kids remind her of the two people she loves deeply.
'I can never interfere in that.'
After Sumire made sure Huan was asleep, she turned to him.
"Say, Hino, do you think Ru would want to see Huan?"
Hino blinked, surprised at her question. "Why wouldn't he?"
"It's because he never really spoke about our future together when we were dating." Sumire trails off. "I know it's stupid; we are only teenagers. Just because we are dating, there is no guarantee of 'forever.' But it's just with his personality. I thought he would think our relationship would be forever."
"It must be because of his illness." Hino guessed.
"About his illness, I want you to look more into that for . I don't know what he had. The doctors kept it confidential from ."
"But Tsueno had no relatives. I know a girlfriend isn't a formal title, but they should have at least inford you."
"It was so weird, they kept it a tightly guarded secret from . It was almost like sobody higher up interfered." Sumire muttered.
Sobody in the dical field would interfere and prevent Sumire from knowing that information. Tsueno probably didn't want her to know the truth and asked sobody for a favor. It could be anybody, and yet hearing the words cover-up. The first person that ca to mind was Sano.
'Surely not. But, it was because of Sano that Tsueno even managed to get admitted into that new hospital.'
It wouldn't surprise him if they kept in touch more than they let on. He supposes all he can do is ask Sano.
"Do you think it was San?" Sumire suddenly voiced his thoughts out loud.
At those words, Hino looked at her, startled. Huh? Did he accidentally mutter his thoughts out loud?
"I have been thinking about it since I realized Sano was changing. Perhaps he helped more than I thought."
"It doesn't change that he hurt you. However, it wouldn't surprise if it was him. It seems like those two kept in touch. Did you know that?"
"Before I dated Ru, he said a few odd things that led to suspect that he was still speaking to Sano. So, I took his phone off him and saw the ssages. But after that ti, he was cautious. So I'm not sure how long they stayed in touch." Sumire exclaid.
According to what Sano said, not even he knew the details of Tsueno and Sumire's accident.
'I gave Lucifers subordinates instructions that were given to . I didn't know who the targets were.'
Perhaps Tsueno stopped contacting Sano when he started dating Sumire? But no, then his hospital admission wouldn't make sense. There is sothing he is missing here.
"I don't think we will work this out ourselves; we must talk to Ru."
"Yeah." Hino glanced over and saw her flushed face, and he gently pushed her down onto the bed. Sumire imdiately brought Huan close to her, hugging the boy tightly.
"You need sleep Sumire."
"Mm, I'm tired. But we need to go investigating."
"Later, I will wake you up. So get so rest first."
"Okay."
Hino carefully pulled the blanket around Sumire and Huan, it was almost like a switch. The mont he did that, the two fell asleep. He left the room and walked down the hallway before dialing a number.
He hears mumbling. "Nngh? My lovely wife?"
Hino sighed. "Even half asleep, you're still flirting?"
"Hino?"
"Yeah."
Yuhi mumbled sothing about going back to sleep, but he quickly interjected.
"Do you know what Tsueno's illness was?"
"On record, it was tuberculosis. But I suspect it was sothing else. I only heard about this just recently. However, according to what Hyou4's captain told , there is a chance that the cause was drugs."
"Huh? You actually-" Hino couldn't believe it. He knew Yuhi didn't like that man, but now Yuhi was telling him that he spoke to him voluntarily.
"I wanted more information on why Mamoru was siding with Lucifer, so of course, I had no choice but to turn to Hyou4. After all, Aki wouldn't tell even if I begged. But I knew that guy would tell if I asked."
Yuhi makes a point there, so even he knows how to compromise?
"It was during one of the first few missions Aki gave Sumire, and she ended up getting kidnapped, and Mamoru went to save her. Granted, this was before I beca Sumire's partner, so she was doing missions alone. All the other kidnapped individuals had been drugged heavily, but before they could get to Sumire, Mamoru saved her. But, it seems he only did so successfully because he administrated the drugs into himself."
"Huh? Why couldn't he escape with her?" Hino said, confused.
"The conditions to leave the room were to have sobody digest those drugs. So, although Mamoru could get inside, they wouldn't be able to leave without sobody taking those drugs. So, the idiot decided to sacrifice himself. Sumire was already in bad condition. It seed like she tried to shield the others before they got put in separate rooms. If she had taken those drugs, she would have been on the verge of death."
"If it's a drug-related dical problem that changes things." Hino trailed off. "Drugs and evolved genes do not go well together. I can see now why he beca sick."
"Yeah."
"You didn't tell Sumire any of this, did you?" Yuhi asked.
Hino hears a frustrated sigh at the other end.
"How could I tell her? I learned this information during new year, and she told during the shrine visit about her regrets towards her other relationships. Each ti I listened to her speak, I noticed a familiar pattern. She blas herself for everything, all her regrets towards her past relationships. It all ends up with her blaming herself. So, how could I possibly tell her the truth? That Mamoru took those drugs and beca severely sick because he went to rescue her?"
Hearing Yuhi's pained tone, Hino didn't know what to say.
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